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I thought I'd found a riddles thread. It seemed like an amusing thread. And here we go...

5 Men are heading towards a building, with one man in the middile, and the rest around him. It starts to rain, so the 4 men on the outside put their umbrellas up. The man in the middle stays dry without an umbrella. Why did the man not get wet?

Because of all the other umbrellas?
Because he was inside?

well if he's surrounded by other guys all holding umbrella's, then they should overlap and cover him?

I thought I'd found a riddles thread. It seemed like an amusing thread. And here we go...

5 Men are heading towards a building, with one man in the middile, and the rest around him. It starts to rain, so the 4 men on the outside put their umbrellas up. The man in the middle stays dry without an umbrella. Why did the man not get wet?
oh oh oh he was standing under a tree??

5 Men are heading towards a building, with one man in the middile, and the rest around him. It starts to rain, so the 4 men on the outside put their umbrellas up. The man in the middle stays dry without an umbrella. Why did the man not get wet?
The color yellow.

because he was in the middle of the circle so he was under all of the other 4 men's umbrellas?


(that just seems too obvious to be the right answer but it's worth a guess anyway)

the 1st answer I had was close... but the rest of you are wrong.

A clue: The man in the middle is not walking...

*8 more posts to 10,000 posts!*

he's wearing a really big sombrero?

he's wearing a really big sombrero?

Ok another clue. He's inside somthing...

A clue: The man in the middle is not walking...

*8 more posts to 10,000 posts!*
was he in a car?

he is inside
the other four are approching the building

The man was dead, and travelling in a hearse to the church?

he is inside
the other four are approching the building
He is in the MIDDLE of them, and he is not walking... come on it's so obvious!

A clue-What building could he be heading for?

The man was dead, and travelling in a hearse to the church?
A hearse?
I would think it would be four guys carrying a coffin.

they were going to the man in the car's funeral?

A hearse?
I would think it would be four guys carrying a coffin.
that makes more sense

The man was dead, and travelling in a hearse to the church?

YES! Well done!

Yay!

Next riddle:

I am solid, I am not. I can be warped, I can not. I live in your house, yet you hardly notice me.

What am I?

YES! Well done!
Wait, isn't a hearse a car?
:confused:

He is in the MIDDLE of them, and he is not walking... come on it's so obvious!

A clue-What building could he be heading for?
approching the building from 4 differrent sides means he is in the middle
who cares what the building is

Wait, isn't a hearse a car?
:confused:

Alright, whoever first mentioned coffin is the winner. Now answer the new riddle.

*A deathly silence*

:eek:

What am I?
Time?

Heat?

Space...
Probably not.

light?

A clue: I am all around the house.

shadow

I'm about to leave, so i'll tell you the answer is: cement.

It's soft, or hard depending on wether it is dry or not, it can be warped when wet, and not when dry, and it is all around the house, but you pay little attention to it.

Ok somone else do a riddle, as I no longer have the time.

oxygen?

water?

I'm about to leave, so i'll tell you the answer is: cement.

It's soft, or hard depending on wether it is dry or not, it can be warped when wet, and not when dry, and it is all around the house, but you pay little attention to it.

Ok somone else do a riddle, as I no longer have the time.
that's really annoying cause i thought walls, cause the cement could be hard or soft depending on whether it's dry lol

water or earth ?

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is

Meh. i always liked this riddle:

The rich man needs me, the poor man has me, and if you were to eat me you would surely die. What am I?

Language


nothing

Meh. i always liked this riddle:

The rich man needs me, the poor man has me, and if you were to eat me you would surely die. What am I?
Nothing.

;) Ten points to neo-anarchists! you played baldur's gate 2 aswell?

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is


It's probably one of those wierd ones where you said the third word in the prase "the english lanugage", which would make the answer 'language'.


[EDIT: Gah. Damn my overburdened connection.]

;) Ten points to neo-anarchists!
Yay!
you played baldur's gate 2 aswell?
:confused:
I didn't remember that being in Baldur's Gate 2?

Three words ending in -gry?

angry and hungry!
1 2 3

I think...

You can slice me, but not with a knife, and you can drive me, but I have no wheels. What am I?

Three words ending in -gry?

angry and hungry!
1 2 3

I think...
Theao already got it, the answer was language

You can slice me, but not with a knife, and you can drive me, but I have no wheels. What am I?

A golf ball.

When do elephants have eight feet?

It's a golf ball, isn't is, SO? If not, the a golf club.

Wah. Too late.

It's the ball, yes.

A woman is found dead in her room, hanging from the roof. The roof is too high to reach. The only clue to how she died is some water in the bathtub.

It's badly worded, yes, but I'm doing it from memory.

she was standing on a block of ice with the noose around her neck. When it melted she hung.

she was standing on a block of ice in the bathtub with the rope round her neck and as the ice melted she was hanged

Yay. Theao wins.

Alive without breath
As cold as death
All in mail
Never clinking

Fish

Alive without breath
As cold as death
All in mail
Never clinking


I had a postman who was like that. Miserable bugger, he was. And all in mail...

yes meteor

now you post a riddle

Yay!

:confused:
I didn't remember that being in Baldur's Gate 2?

Yeah it is, when you're in the Gauntlet.

A black man is walking down the middle of the street wearing all black. There are no lights on anywhere. A black car drives straight towards him in absolute silence, with the headlights off, yet the man is not run over by the car. How did they know to avoid each other?

A black man is walking down the middle of the street wearing all black. There are no lights on anywhere. A black car drives straight towards him in absolute silence, with the headlights off, yet the man is not run over by the car. How did they know to avoid each other?

Daytime. duh.

It is the middle of the day

Yeah i guess it is kinda easy...

*Breaks out The Hobbit*
It, cannot be seen, it cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follws after,
Ends life, kills laughter.

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure indide is hid.

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees flowers;
Gnaws Iron, Bites steel;
Grinds hards stones to meal;
Slays king,ruinds town,
And beats the high mountain down.
(This is easy.)

And lastly,
What is in my pocket?

The begining of eternity
The end of time and space
The begining of every end
The end of every place

*Breaks out The Hobbit*
It, cannot be seen, it cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follws after,
Ends life, kills laughter.

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure indide is hid.

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees flowers;
Gnaws Iron, Bites steel;
Grinds hards stones to meal;
Slays king,ruinds town,
And beats the high mountain down.
(This is easy.)

And lastly,
What is in my pocket?
Dark
egg
time
ring

Death, eggs, time, and a ring

Dark
egg
time
ring
No fair, you just read it.

actually the last time i read it was about 5 years ago
I have a very good memory though

The begining of eternity
The end of time and space
The begining of every end
The end of every place
e

You had it on your mind, at least.

yes hamsters
and not really its just when things intrest me i can remeber with a photographic memory
also those are some of the canon riddles

It's maker doesn't want it, it's buyer doesn't use it, and it's user doesn't see it. What is it?

a coffin

1.It is greater than god
Worse than the devil
The poor have it
The rich need it


2.what is the answer to this question

It is greater than god
Worse than the devil
The poor have it
The rich need it



nothing?

my house has windows in all the walls. all the windows face south. out of my window i see a bear. what colour is it?

yes
still looking for the answer to the second though

my house has windows in all the walls. all the windows face south. out of my window i see a bear. what colour is it?
white

yes
still looking for the answer to the second though
it's not really a question, it doesn't have a question mark or the answer is what?

the answer is what

my house has windows in all the walls. all the windows face south. out of my window i see a bear. what colour is it?

brown

my house has windows in all the walls. all the windows face south. out of my window i see a bear. what colour is it?
I think a better question would be what colour are my trousers? The answer of course would be brown.

If all walls have south facing windows, than your house is obviously at the north pole, which means the bear you see is a white polar bear.

a man is staying on the twentieth floor of a hotel. he takes the elevator down to the lobby to return something. when he goes back up, he takes the elevator up to the tenth floor and then must walk the rest of the way up. why?

He's a midget and can only reach the 10th floor button

while driving from houston to austin, i met six people in a suburban, four people in a camry, three in a sentra, four in an explorer and two on a goldwing (honda motorcycle). how many people were going to austin?

while driving from houston to austin, i met six people in a suburban, four people in a camry, three in a sentra, four in an explorer and two on a goldwing (honda motorcycle). how many people were going to austin?
1-you

yes and yes

What do the letters HIJKLMNO represent?

What do the letters HIJKLMNO represent?
Phonetic chemical for water
H20
Hto0

Phonetic chemical for water
H20
Hto0
Yup.
Here's another, not really a riddle, but close enough. Follow the instructions carefully, then type what you say:
Repeat lemon three times.

Yup.
Here's another, not really a riddle, but close enough. Follow the instructions carefully, then type what you say:
Repeat lemon three times.

I didn't get this one when I did what it said all I got was Lemon Three Times

A man comes home to find a man in a mask scaring him away.

It was hallowen

It was hallowen

Incorrect

A man comes home to find a man in a mask scaring him away.

Is that meant to be a riddle or a statement? :/

Is that meant to be a riddle or a statement? :/

Describe the condition.

He who makes me never uses me, he who uses me never knows me, he who knows me never wants me. What am I?

He who makes me never uses me, he who uses me never knows me, he who knows me never wants me. What am I?
a coffin

Describe the condition.
the man in the mask was from pest control?

a coffin

Somehow that does not fit anymore...maybe the wording is off...or maybe there is a different answer this time...

a coffin

I'll admit, the question is remarkably similar to an earlier one, but it's not the same. The answer is different.

the man in the mask was from pest control?

It's abstract.

He who makes me never uses me, he who uses me never knows me, he who knows me never wants me. What am I?

conterfit money

He who makes me never uses me, he who uses me never knows me, he who knows me never wants me. What am I?

conterfit money

Yep.

My previous riddle with the man in the mask is still pending...meanwhile...

This is not really a riddle...but interesting nonetheless, and it does have an answer:

Tom and his twin brother Tim both celebrate their birthdays on their days of birth, but Tim, the younger one, celebrates his birthday two days before Tom. How is this possible if they were born 15 minutes apart?

If Tim was born between 2346 and 0000 on the 28th February, Tom would have been born between 0001 and 0015 on the 1st March. Then on every leap year, the 29th February separates their two birthdays.

I believe this will be incorrect, but it's worth a shot.

Tom and his twin brother Tim both celebrate their birthdays on their days of birth, but Tim, the younger one, celebrates his birthday two days before Tom. How is this possible if they were born 15 minutes apart?
It's a leap year, and the first one was born within 15 minutes of midnight.

A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

This one was an oldy but goody.

If Tim was born between 2346 and 0000 on the 28th February, Tom would have been born between 0001 and 0015 on the 1st March. Then on every leap year, the 29th February separates their two birthdays.

I believe this will be incorrect, but it's worth a shot.
You made that SOOO complicated...

Clarification: Tim is biologically younger than Tom, and was born AFTER him, yet technically 2 days before.

It's a leap year, and the first one was born within 15 minutes of midnight.

A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

This one was an oldy but goody.

Only semi-correct. Consider that Tim is younger than Tom, and was born 2 days before.

As for your own riddle, you say 'I am telling a lie,' causing a massive paradoxical singularity to open up and eat the executioner.

A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

not saying anthing will save him

He COULD say nothing and live, but then he wouldn't discover what the inside of a black hole looks like. :rolleyes: Geez.

you are going to hang me

Victory! Two unsolved riddles with answers.

you are going to hang me
You've foreseen your own death? And who's that aimed at?

You've foreseen your own death? And who's that aimed at?

A possible answer to a riddle that has already been answered, but not received as a result of a slow server.

An explorer is rowing up the Amazon River, when he sees an Ostrich Egg floating down stream, where did it come from?

He's on Amazon.com and sees an ostrich egg for sale by some guy in Africa. Problem solved. :D

Man walks into a bar. Barman points a gun at him. Man says "Thanks!" and walks out.

Why?

An explorer is rowing up the Amazon River, when he sees an Ostrich Egg floating down stream, where did it come from?

An ostrich

The guy had hiccups.

And another one: how many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?

[Note: the answer is not 30]

none, it's a number

Four.

And another one: how many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?

[Note: the answer is not 30]ten letters

There are twenty-five letters

more than one possible answer

Don't know why I'm posting this...coz every person alive should know this one...
What walks on four legs in the morning, two at midday and three in the evening??

A really fast-aging person?

none, it's a number


the answer isnt none. it is 0. that way you dont use 4 up four letters in the answer

A really fast-aging person?

lol, well sorta kinda...it'll do
The answer is simply a person
The time of day is said figuratively...but who cares about that anyway

A man comes home to find a man in a mask scaring him away.
I solving old riddle! :D

The man comes home, and his house is on fire. The man in the mask is a firefighter, telling him to stay away.

What starts with "e" ends with "e" and contains only one letter?

fyi, the answer is not "e"

An envelope!

What walks on four legs in the morning, 2 at midday and 3 at dusk? The rare African Caninae Moleniskunomerus. Or a person :rolleyes:

As for the problem with the man in the mask (it is mine), I apologize for not giving this little bit before:

Other than the fact that it is abstract, which should already be known, note also that it is not the man's home. So no to the firefighter, and no to the Halloween theory.

envelope it is!

What walks on four legs in the morning, 2 at midday and 3 at dusk? The rare African Caninae Moleniskunomerus. Or a person :rolleyes:

As for the problem with the man in the mask (it is mine), I apologize for not giving this little bit before:

Other than the fact that it is abstract, which should already be known, note also that it is not the man's home.

(sighs)
you know, when you originally gave the riddle you specifically said, "the man comes home..."
How is it not the man's home?

answer to the man w/ the mask riddle

they are at a baseball game - the man coming home is running from 3rd and the man with the mask is the catcher with the ball

answer to the man w/ the mask riddle

they are at a baseball game - the man coming home is running from 3rd and the man with the mask is the catcher with the ball

We have a winner.

fine. be that way :headbang:

fine. be that way :headbang:

I intend to :P

The answer to the riddle about the two twins (born fifteen minutes apart) who celebrate their actual birthdays (the younger one first) two days apart is still unsolved. It's at page 6 or 7 if you find my shortened version ambiguous and confusing.

Mmm, a chance to use my Mindtrap set ^.^

Hardy Pyle was washing windows on a high-rise office building when he slipped and fell off a 20 metre ladder onto the concrete sidewalk below. Incredibly, he did not injure himself in any way. How was this possible?

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Four men sat down to play
They played all night 'til break of day
They played for gold and not for fun
With different scores for everyone
When they came to square amounts
They all had made quite fair amounts
Can you the paradox explain
If no one lost, how could all gain?

Ben can never tell a lie. George can never tell the truth. One of them said, "The other one said he is George". Which one said that? Explain.

Four men sat down to play
They played all night 'til break of day
They played for gold and not for fun
With different scores for everyone
When they came to square amounts
They all had made quite fair amounts
Can you the paradox explain
If no one lost, how could all gain?
They didn't play each other?

They didn't play each other?

That's an answer, but not the one I'm looking for ^.^

I think I solved the Tim/Tom situation. Then again, this is fairly complicated and a little absurd, so probably not. Here goes nothing:

Their mother went into labor trying to give birth to Tim, but it took almost two days, and then she gave birth to Tom.

How was that?

1. It was wet concrete. He died 5 hours later when the concrete solidified. The damn New Yorkers did not even notice.

2. You are eating an egg, no? Though it depends on your particular taste.

3. The men played different people.

4. George made the statement. His lie indicates that Ben called himself George, which cannot be anything but a lie.

George said it

I think I solved the Tim/Tom situation. Then again, this is fairly complicated and a little absurd, so probably not. Here goes nothing:

Their mother went into labor trying to give birth to Tim, but it took almost two days, and then she gave birth to Tom.

How was that?

They were born just 15 minutes apart...no trickery there. However: Tim is YOUNGER than Tom, yet is celebrating his true birthday 2 days BEFORE. A leap year is obviously part of the solution, but by no means the whole deal.

Four men sat down to play
They played all night 'til break of day
They played for gold and not for fun
With different scores for everyone
When they came to square amounts
They all had made quite fair amounts
Can you the paradox explain
If no one lost, how could all gain?

They weren't the only ones playing

Oh! An epiphany! The four men are playing BlackJack against the dealer.

1. It was wet concrete. He died 5 hours later when the concrete solidified. The damn New Yorkers did not even notice.

Teehee, but nope.

2. You are eating an egg, no? Though it depends on your particular taste.

Nope :p

3. The men played different people.

Again, this is a correct answer, but not the one I'm after

4. George made the statement. His lie indicates that Ben called himself George, which cannot be anything but a lie.

Correct! (sorry, other-person-who-said-George, but you didn't give the explaination ;))

They weren't the only ones playing

Nope

Oh! An epiphany! The four men are playing BlackJack against the dealer.

Another true answer, but still not the one I'm looking for.

Midnight comes to Chicago. Goodnight.

Aha! He was washing windows on a 20-meter ladder, but not necessarily on the top. He could be 1 meter off the ground.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

A chicken, string or nothing. ;)

Four men sat down to play
They played all night 'til break of day
They played for gold and not for fun
With different scores for everyone
When they came to square amounts
They all had made quite fair amounts
Can you the paradox explain
If no one lost, how could all gain?


They're playing music for money.

Whoo! I win!

Here's an easy one: What occurs twice in a lifetime, once in a year, but never in a day?

They're playing music for money.

Whoo! I win!

Here's an easy one: What occurs twice in a lifetime, once in a year, but never in a day?
e

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Yup

Another one:

A moron
An ogre
A red elm
Any car
A magnet
And lever

What do those words have in common?

euh... a?

A moron
An ogre
A red elm
Any car
A magnet
And lever

What do those words have in common?
They're anagrams for... something? :p

Yup

Another one:

A moron
An ogre
A red elm
Any car
A magnet
And lever

What do those words have in common?

They're all anagrams for different colors!

Specifically:

Maroon
Orange
Emerald
Canary
Magenta
Lavender

They're all anagrams for different colors!

Yes!

a moron = maroon
an ogre = orange
a red elm = emerald
any car = canary
a magnet = magenta
and lever = lavender

And another one: Some years ago, as the year was ending, a pilot came up with the idea of celebrating the New Year by towing a banner displaying the year behind his aeroplane.

Keen to get to the New Year's Eve festivities he quickly painted the banner and left it over night to dry. The following day he attached the banner to the plane, but when he took off and the banner unfurled he noticed that he had actually hung the banner upside down. However, it wasn't a problem as the banner still read the correct year. So on December 31st he set to work.

what year was the banner painted?

Yes!

a moron = maroon
an ogre = orange
a red elm = emerald
any car = canary
a magnet = magenta
and lever = lavender

And another one: Some years ago, as the year was ending, a pilot came up with the idea of celebrating the New Year by towing a banner displaying the year behind his aeroplane.

Keen to get to the New Year's Eve festivities he quickly painted the banner and left it over night to dry. The following day he attached the banner to the plane, but when he took off and the banner unfurled he noticed that he had actually hung the banner upside down. However, it wasn't a problem as the banner still read the correct year. So on December 31st he set to work.

what year was the banner painted?

1960 (Though the banner showed 1961)!

My previous riddle with the man in the mask is still pending...meanwhile...

This is not really a riddle...but interesting nonetheless, and it does have an answer:

Tom and his twin brother Tim both celebrate their birthdays on their days of birth, but Tim, the younger one, celebrates his birthday two days before Tom. How is this possible if they were born 15 minutes apart?

The mother crossed the international date line....so Tom was born March 1st and Tim was born Feb 28th. So in a leap year the 29th separates their birthdays.

I didn't do that myself, my best mate did it. Smart arse *sulks*

Two fathers and two sons went fishing. They caught three fish. Despite this, each person had one whole fish at the end. How can this be?

Grand father, his son (father) and his son= three people

that was uber easy! even Haken got it!

One insult a day, please. :nofluffle:

How many of each animal kind had Moses on his ark?

One insult a day, please. :nofluffle:

How many of each animal kind had Moses on his ark?
sorry, i didn't mean it :(

it wasn't Mose's ark, it was Noah's!

One insult a day, please. :nofluffle:

How many of each animal kind had Moses on his ark?

Since when did Moses have an arK? (If he did, I don't think I'd want to know how many animals "had" him... ;) )

Yup.

And I'm not mad.

I have a 2 volume encyclopedia arranged from A to M and from N to Z. When I took them down from the bookshelf I discovered that a bookworm had eaten all the way from Aardvark to Zulu.

Given that the pages constitute a thickness of about 10 cm in each volume and the individual covers are 1 mm thick how far in total had the bookworm munched?

The mother crossed the international date line....so Tom was born March 1st and Tim was born Feb 28th. So in a leap year the 29th separates their birthdays.

I didn't do that myself, my best mate did it. Smart arse *sulks*

Correct! Somebody got it finally. Congratulations to your friend.

I have a 2 volume encyclopedia arranged from A to M and from N to Z. When I took them down from the bookshelf I discovered that a bookworm had eaten all the way from Aardvark to Zulu.

Given that the pages constitute a thickness of about 10 cm in each volume and the individual covers are 1 mm thick how far in total had the bookworm munched?

I'm guessing...20.3 cm?

I have a 2 volume encyclopedia arranged from A to M and from N to Z. When I took them down from the bookshelf I discovered that a bookworm had eaten all the way from Aardvark to Zulu.

Given that the pages constitute a thickness of about 10 cm in each volume and the individual covers are 1 mm thick how far in total had the bookworm munched?2mm!

I got a lame one called the missing dollar.

Three people decide to share a hotel room one day. The room is $30, so they each chip in $10. Once they are up and settled, the clerk realizes that the room was actually $25, so he gives $5 to the bellhop to send to the men. The bellhop takes $2 for himself, and gives $3 back to the men. This means that each man paid a total of $9, which totals to $27. If you add the $2 the bellhop took, you end up with only $29. What happened to the last dollar?

I got a lame one called the missing dollar.

Three people decide to share a hotel room one day. The room is $30, so they each chip in $10. Once they are up and settled, the clerk realizes that the room was actually $25, so he gives $5 to the bellhop to send to the men. The bellhop takes $2 for himself, and gives $3 back to the men. This means that each man paid a total of $9, which totals to $27. If you add the $2 the bellhop took, you end up with only $29. What happened to the last dollar?
Why $9? To pay $25, two would pay $8 and one $9, or similar arrangement. So by giving back one dollar to each man, two would have paid $9 but the other would have paid $10, surely?

I'm very confused. BTW, did anyone do the camel maths one yet?

What is camel math? Never heard it...

As for my own riddle...each man pays $10. The bellhop is supposed to give back $5, but instead only gives $3, so each man gets one dollar back and ends up paying only $9.

But, in that case, the total would be $27...+$2 (bellhop)=$29. See the dillema?

I have a 2 volume encyclopedia arranged from A to M and from N to Z. When I took them down from the bookshelf I discovered that a bookworm had eaten all the way from Aardvark to Zulu.

Given that the pages constitute a thickness of about 10 cm in each volume and the individual covers are 1 mm thick how far in total had the bookworm munched?20.2 cm

It's the way the question is worded - the money isn't missing at all. You can't add what people paid and what was kep by the bellhop. So, when they check out the next day, they will find out that the room cost $25, and they had $3 returned to them, which is $28, and the bellhop has the last $2.

There is an alternative, however.

Later that week, two friends check into the hotel, and once more the clerk charges them $30 for the room. He again realized his mistake, and gives $5 to the bellhop to return to the guests. This time the bellhop takes $3, and returns $1 to each guest. So this time, each guest payed $14 for the room, for a total of $28, plus the $3 that the bellhop kept, which takes us up to $31.

Theres the missing dollar!

What is camel math? Never heard it...

As for my own riddle...each man pays $10. The bellhop is supposed to give back $5, but instead only gives $3, so each man gets one dollar back and ends up paying only $9.

But, in that case, the total would be $27...+$2 (bellhop)=$29. See the dillema?
How do you know that giving each man one dollar will bring him to $9, which is where the $27 dollars comes from, or so I assume.

The camel one is about three brothers who inherit certain fractions of their fathers caravan of 29 camels. One brother inherits 1/3 of the camels, another brother inherits 7/15 of the camels, and the third inherits 1/6. The fractions don't work, so they borrow one camel from somewhere, bringing the total to 30 camels. The first brother now gets 10 camels, the second 14 and the third gets 5, so they have a camel left over to give back to whoever they borrowed it from. See?

2mm!

Yes - When you put the books on a shelf, A is nearest Z so the bookworm would only eat through 2mm.




Eleven plus two = twelve plus one
In what non-mathematical way does this equation make sense?

They are anagrams.

When does 6 + 6 = 11

When does 6 + 6 = 11

If it's the 6th century, and you add 6 centuries, you end up with 11 centuries total?

I thought I'd found a riddles thread. It seemed like an amusing thread. And here we go...

5 Men are heading towards a building, with one man in the middile, and the rest around him. It starts to rain, so the 4 men on the outside put their umbrellas up. The man in the middle stays dry without an umbrella. Why did the man not get wet?
It was a funeral procession and the not-wet guy was in the casket...duh.

srry not right

srry not right
Well that still works - what's YOUR answer?

A turtle and a man decide to race. The turtle can go 1 meter a minute while the man can go 10 meters per second. Both contestants race to their full potential in the correct directions (on the same path, the earth didn't explode, etc.) with one exception: The turtle got to start 10 meters ahead of the man (who laughed when asked if he would consider this proposal, then accepted). The turtle won the race. How is this possible?

Well that still works - what's YOUR answer?
srry answering Dresophila Prime not you

A turtle and a man decide to race. The turtle can go 1 meter a minute while the man can go 10 meters per second. Both contestants race to their full potential in the correct directions (on the same path, the earth didn't explode, etc.) with one exception: The turtle got to start 10 meters ahead of the man (who laughed when asked if he would consider this proposal, then accepted). The turtle won the race. How is this possible?
the finish line was less than 10 meters

the finish line was less than 10 meters

That would be my initial guess too...but it seems much too obvious.

That would be my initial guess too...but it seems much too obvious.
Yes, much too obvious (MUHAHAHA). For the hell of it, let's say the race is 100 meters long.

When does 6 + 6 = 11When working in base 11?

When working in base 11?
possibly right but not right answer

Were they running backward on a long course with the man starting and finishing at the same line?

A chicken, string or nothing. ;)

Nope, no cookie for you. The food riddle still stands unsolved.

EDIT: just noticed that 'chicken' fits. But it's still not the answer I'm after.

Aha! He was washing windows on a 20-meter ladder, but not necessarily on the top. He could be 1 meter off the ground.

Yes! Cookie for you!

They're playing music for money.

Whoo! I win!


And another cookie for you ^.^

It IS a food, right? Corn? (Throw out the husk, cook it, strip off the kernels and throw away the inside.)

And another cookie for you ^.^

:)


A turtle and a man decide to race. The turtle can go 1 meter a minute while the man can go 10 meters per second. Both contestants race to their full potential in the correct directions (on the same path, the earth didn't explode, etc.) with one exception: The turtle got to start 10 meters ahead of the man (who laughed when asked if he would consider this proposal, then accepted). The turtle won the race. How is this possible?

it's something about: no matter how far the man runs, the turtle will always be slightly ahead of him.

or something like that.

or not...

10 meter race :confused:

A turtle and a man decide to race. The turtle can go 1 meter a minute while the man can go 10 meters per second. Both contestants race to their full potential in the correct directions (on the same path, the earth didn't explode, etc.) with one exception: The turtle got to start 10 meters ahead of the man (who laughed when asked if he would consider this proposal, then accepted). The turtle won the race. How is this possible?

It's a swimming race...something along those lines anyway.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Oooh, don't you just love riddles that rhyme?

A river...no more Hobbit riddles...much to obvious.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Oooh, don't you just love riddles that rhyme?
A river.

what do these represent:

1)
HAMLET
WORDS


2)
Hehehelium


3)
M
E

Tag

It IS a food, right? Corn? (Throw out the husk, cook it, strip off the kernels and throw away the inside.)

Yay! *hands over another cookie*

My riddles lasted a long time compared to some others. I am pleased.

^.^

what do these represent:

1)
HAMLET
WORDS


2)
Hehehelium


3)
M
E

1) Play on words
2) Laughing Gas
3) Money

1) Play on words
2) Laughing Gas
3) Money

Yes, yes, and no. You get two-thirds of a muffin.
:)

Yes, yes, and no. You get two-thirds of a muffin.
:)
Meh. That's my breakfast taken care of. :)
A lil bit of thought later....is it anemone?

Meh. That's my breakfast taken care of. :)
A lil bit of thought later....is it anemone?

Yep! Have the other third of the muffin... sorry about the missing bite.

What phrases do these represent?

1. ntox cated

2. mOMENts

3. aniversaryyy

4. 02YRROW

5.
KRFDYS
CULUOE start again
IOESUL
PYSTRF

Yep! Have the other third of the muffin... sorry about the missing bite.

What phrases do these represent?

1. ntox cated

2. mOMENts

3. aniversaryyy

4. 02YRROW

5.
KRFDYS
CULUOE start again
IOESUL
PYSTRF


is the first one drunk (intoxicated)?

is the first one drunk (intoxicated)?

nearly... think why some letters have been missed out

the first one is blind drunk
and the second is big moments

Yep! Have the other third of the muffin... sorry about the missing bite.

What phrases do these represent?

1. ntox cated

2. mOMENts

3. aniversaryyy

4. 02YRROW

5.
KRFDYS
CULUOE start again
IOESUL
PYSTRF

Ok. 1 is "Blind drunk", 2 is "Big moments", 3 is "Wise after the event". I'm working on the others.
Wait! 5 is "Pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start again"
Still no clue on 4 though.

4 is 2nd year in a row

the first one is blind drunk
and the second is big moments

Ok. 1 is "Blind drunk", 2 is "Big moments", 3 is "Wise after the event". I'm working on the others.
Wait! 5 is "Pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start again"
Still no clue on 4 though.

You've got 1, 3, and 5

still to get 2 and 4


now someone else post a riddle!

is 2 pivotal moment or central moment

I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live and breathe on the terrestrial ball. What am I?


What's black when you get it,
Red when you use it,
And white when you're all through with it?

is 2 pivotal moment or central moment

I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live and breathe on the terrestrial ball. What am I?


What's black when you get it,
Red when you use it,
And white when you're all through with it?

Tomorrow.

Coal.

close enought
actual answers are
charcoal and future

A turtle and a man decide to race. The turtle can go 1 meter a minute while the man can go 10 meters per second. Both contestants race to their full potential in the correct directions (on the same path, the earth didn't explode, etc.) with one exception: The turtle got to start 10 meters ahead of the man (who laughed when asked if he would consider this proposal, then accepted). The turtle won the race. How is this possible?
The race starts at a top of a cliff? (the turtle ten meters away but at the bottom) Or

There is a wall blocking the man but not the turtle

pretty much the same answer in 2 ways


Edit: easy crap riddle: Whats black and white and read all over.

a newspaper


Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!
What am I?

I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers.
For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

a newspaper


Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!
What am I?

I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers.
For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

Pants, no?

The last one is hope. Don't know about the second though.

your guess for both 1 and 3 is incorrect

motorcycle/bike, building (of some sort), virginity?

no, getting closer and no

Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!
What am I?

I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers.
For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.bird, windmill, and temper

A married couple goes to a movie. In that time, the husband strangles the wife and gets her back home without attracting any attention from the many moviegoers. How is this possible?

bird, windmill, and temper
wrong, right, right


the wife was in a wheelchair

Incorrect...the wife not handicapped in any way.

EDIT: I have two legs...etc (the riddle). Is the answer a helicopter?

nope hint it is hand powered

they were actors on a movie screen

They were at a drive in movie.

They were at a drive in movie.

Bingo.

Is it a unicycle? (Please no hints in the future)

wheelbarrow?

wheelbarrow?
yes

I can disprove that. :D

I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.
What am I?

I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I

What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?

Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son.

Who is that man?

I can disprove that. :D
how so?

The answer to the second one...is it a fish lure? (Or whatever they are called)

how so?

I've seen somebody drag a wheelbarrow because the load was too heavy...however, a unicycle needs two legs to move, and those legs can only rest if the unicycle is stopped.

I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.
What am I?

What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?

Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son.

Who is that man?skin, cloud, the speaker's son

skin, cloud, the speaker's son
no, no, yes

The answer to the second one...is it a fish lure? (Or whatever they are called) no

I've seen somebody drag a wheelbarrow because the load was too heavy...however, a unicycle needs two legs to move, and those legs can only rest if the unicycle is stopped.

valid argument but not intended answer

A man sees a deal on the market. "Oranges, $5 a dozen." He figures that if he can buy and sell in bulk for $3 a dozen, he could be a millionaire in no time. What is the deal?

I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.
What am I?

A sponge

I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I

One of those badminton things? A shuttlecock?

What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?

A cloud?

Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son.

Who is that man?

My son (my father's son = me, so 'that man's father = me).

A man sees a deal on the market. "Oranges, $5 a dozen." He figures that if he can buy and sell in bulk for $3 a dozen, he could be a millionaire in no time. What is the deal?do you mean he buys for $3 per dozen and sells for $5 per dozen?

do you mean he buys for $3 per dozen and sells for $5 per dozen?

Buys for $5, sells for $3

A sponge

One of those badminton things? A shuttlecock?

A cloud?

My son (my father's son = me, so 'that man's father = me).
yes
close
no
yes

A man sees a deal on the market. "Oranges, $5 a dozen." He figures that if he can buy and sell in bulk for $3 a dozen, he could be a millionaire in no time. What is the deal?

He's presently a billionare

Correct. He is also a moron.

Is that feather one an arrow??

Is that feather one an arrow??
yes

What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?

Water Vapor or steam?

There is a man found dead in a field next to a rock, with nothing else around for miles. The two never came in contact, but the rock caused his death. Who is the man?

There is a man found dead in a field next to a rock. The two never came in contact, but the rock caused his death. Who is the man?
A parachutist who packed a rock instead of a chute

Water Vapor or steam?
close

A parachutist who packed a rock instead of a chute

interesting, but no

in that case the stupid parachutist would have caused his own death. ;)

He was driving a vehicle hit the rock and got killed?